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Beetles : Biased Promotions and Persistence of False Belief

Akerlof, George - 2017

This paper develops a theory of promotion based on evaluations by the already promoted. The already promoted show some favoritism toward candidates for promotion with similar beliefs, just as beetles are more prone to eat the eggs of other species. With such egg-eating bias, false beliefs may...

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Assigning Deviant Youths to Minimize Total Harm

Cook, Philip J.; Ludwig, Jens - 2021

A common practice in the fields of education, mental health, and juvenile justice is to segregate problem youths in …

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Interactions-Based Models

Brock, William A.; Durlauf, Steven N. - 2021

This paper describes a range of methods which have been proposed to study interactions in economic and social contexts. By interactions, we refer to interdependences between individual decisions which are not mediated by markets. These types of models have been employed to understand phenomena...

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Peer Effects with Random Assignment : Results for Dartmouth Roommates

Sacerdote, Bruce - 2021

This paper uses a unique data set to measure peer effects among college age roommates. Freshman year roommates and dormmates are randomly assigned at Dartmouth College. I find that in this group, peer effects are very important in determining levels of academic effort and in decisions to join...

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Life at the Top : The Benefits of Height

Deaton, Angus - 2011

explained by the positive association between height and both income and education, both of which are positively linked to …

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The Long-Run Impacts of Early Childhood Education : Evidence from a Failed Policy Experiment

DeCicca, Philip - 2011

We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy …

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Financial Literacy, Financial Education and Economic Outcomes

Hastings, Justine S. - 2012

In this article we review the literature on financial literacy, financial education, and consumer financial outcomes … addresses whether financial education improves financial literacy or personal financial outcomes. We discuss the extent to which … on the efficacy and cost of financial education. Finally, we discuss directions for future research …

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The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity Among Elementary School Children

Cawley, John - 2012

have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However …

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Suffrage, Schooling, and Sorting in the Post-Bellum U.S. South

Naidu, Suresh - 2012

This paper estimates the political and economic effects of the 19th century disenfranchisement of black citizens in the U.S. South. Using adjacent county-pairs that straddle state boundaries, I examine the effect of voting restrictions on political competition, public goods, and factor markets....

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Fostering and Measuring Skills : Interventions that Improve Character and Cognition

Heckman, James J. - 2013

This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills--personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences--that are valued in the labor market, in...

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